Sarah got up slowly from her lap. She was sore. Tull was leaning against the rocks, breathing gently.

"Need to go," he croaked shallowly.

Sarah glared at him and paused.

-You won't fight anymore. No one will find you here, she said, the battle is over.

-What are you inferring? - asked the man.

Sarah just nodded at the horizon. A huge aircraft was flying towards Paris. People in the city must have gone crazy and thought it was the end of the world seeing that the entire Exodor fleet was flying on the horyzon. A flying fleet is hardly ever seen. Sarah left Tull and climbed the stone steps, hoping a little to catch up with Vorgath, and a little to see if Ravenna had indeed sent ships headed by orcs and black knights to France.

She stood on the battlements and saw ships from Exodor to Horizon.

They shelled the city, destroying buildings and defensive walls. The power of the guns from the orc ships was enormous, and the conflagration in the streets of Paris increased. Sarah sighed loudly. If this attack lasts a few more minutes, there will be nothing to collect from the city except for rubble. The woman looked for Voragth, but she saw him nowhere.

Suddenly her feet felt cold. She looked down and saw that the cobblestones lined the battlements had started to ice up. Soon after Sarah, the townspeople watched in amazement as the earth freezes, and from the sky, in the middle of July, heavy, pungent snow begins to fall. Ice soon covered the entire city, and the defenders began to slide on the treacherous snow. The soldiers of the black glass began to overwhelm the surprised Franzuzes, who, with their heads down, some crying, gave up their weapons, because none could compete with the power of the two sisters, who together in a few minutes conquered the capital of one of the most powerful countries of the Old Continent.

Freya walked slowly from the fields outside the city, and the ground around her turned to ice in a second under the influence of her power. Paris did not expect that it would have to face the infernal cold. Sarah looked out at the fields.

Her mistress walked calmly, refined in a blue dress with a silver tiara in her hair. Freya saw her and nodded to her foster daughter.

"My lady," growled Tull, who had stayed at the wall and now was the first man Freya had met upon her arrival.

-How many? Freya asked deadly, her eyes flashing blue fire. She was now in a divine state revealing all her might.

"Only me and Sarah survived," whispered Tull, knowing what was next. A single tear ran down Freya's cheek, but a moment later she raised her hands up and the clouds over the city began to swirl causing a powerful, icy wind that anyone in this country would feel.

In moments, Paris had become an ice figure, and the inhabitants, orcs, or ordinary mercenaries of Ravenna felt as if they were dying, unable to find the single piece of warmth they had just moments before. The ships over the city began to become iced, and it seemed that the end of the world had come over France.

"Stop!" Commanded a huge voice that echoed in every corner of the city.

The voice penetrated bodies, houses and walls so that everyone could hear it, but it was directed only at Freya. Ravenna used magic to hold her sister down with one short command that everyone in town heard. The Ice Queen lowered her arms and slowly started walking towards the stone steps leading to the fortress.


Ravenna and her guard walked lazily through the streets of Paris. All the power of the French was crushed by her ships and Freya. The streets were covered in ice, and people had been forced by Ravenna's troops to gather along the main street to pay their first respects to the new ruler.

"They found him?" She asked one of the Ravenclaws.

He nodded and led his mistress to Bethanius caught in the city. The king was hiding in the gutter, trying to flee the city before it was taken over by a mysterious army. Now he lay curled up in shackles waiting for his end in the vestibule of his former fortress.

Ravenna looked at him with disgust.

-Look at you. You are pathetic.

Bethanius was holding a scepter in his hand as if he were still fighting for his right to the throne.

"Give this back to me," Ravenna ordered.

Bethanius did not flinch, and the Queen was greatly irritated by that.

"I said, give me back the scepter," and from behind her gown she pulled out her own with the Mind Stone stuck at the top. She put a stone to the cage of Bethanius, and Bethanius involuntarily calmed down and looked with blue eyes adoringly at Ravenna.

He threw the scepter at her feet, and Thomasin with a quick wave of her wand destroyed them.

-Isn't you better off like that? Ravenna asked softly touching her scepter.

The queen turned and left the castle to see the inhabitants of her new lands. She sighed.

-You know, Thomasin- she turned to her beloved student- I love this atmosphere of fear when I conquer new lands. It is a sense of the unknown in their eyes, hope. They are like children in the fog, like dogs waiting for scraps. And I bring them the flame of change. New Empire.

"I know, Lady," Thomasin whispered adoringly.

"People of Paris," began Ravenna as she used to on the stairs of the castle Tabor - Your city and your fate belong to me. The old king said to the authority. Enough of you died today. Enough death. The ice will be gone soon, I assure you. From now on there will be a new law that you will respect otherwise you will be punished. Now worship me.

The people of Paris knelt under the compulsion of the blades of orcs and glass knights, but most under the tone of Ravenna, who announced that the new ruler was by no means a democratization of social life.

- Find some painter - Ravenna ordered - Let him paint a panorama of this city with our ships and covered with ice. I'm going to meet Freya now.

-What's with him? Taff Morgan asked, pointing to the influenced stone of Bethanius.

-You take it back to the furious people.

Indeed, after that, Bethanius was found scuffed by his own people in the gutter where he tried to flee his own city.


Sara was sitting by Snow White's bed watching the sleeping girl. It has been several hours since the city surrendered. The woman, at least, could do enough for her to keep watch. A knock on the door of a small room broke the silence

"Please," Sarah said hesitantly.

Tull entered the room quietly and stood over Snow White on the couch.

-What about her?

-Stable. She is weakened, Sarah replied hollowly.

"Down there ... Tull began. It was something weird."

"She saved our lives, Tull," said Sarah, "If she hadn't arrived in time, this mage would have killed us."

There was silence between them. -

And those patterns on the grass. The wizard recognized them. Shouldn't we have told our lady about it?

Sarah stroked Snow White's fringe. -I feel like it might cause her trouble. Ravenna and our lady are wise enough that they will find out on their own that Snow White is extraordinary. We owe her at least silence.

The woman stood up and nodded her head as a sign that it was time to leave Paris and go back to Frosenia. She leaned over the girl and kissed her forehead.

-See you soon.


Ravenna was walking slowly to the top of the rock ledge where her sister was waiting for her like a statue. Freya turned from the horizon and greeted Ravenna with a soft smile. Ravenna came up and touched her cheek tenderly, then kissed her cheek.

-Hello, sister. Freya nodded and replied quietly

-Hello, Ravenna.

"Let's go for a walk," suggested the Queen of Tabor.

The two sisters began walking among the rocks of a mountain range some 10 kilometers from the city.

"You left town extremely quickly," Ravenna began.

- I did my job, and today I lost a lot of children.

"If you want, I can give you some from the city," Ravenna offered carelessly.

Freya snorted -I can see that royalty emanates amazingly from you. Not only from clothes, but from the feeling of superiority over one's subjects. Ravenna looked at her amused.

-I guess that's obvious. Their lives are mine. One word from you, and I can send all the children of the city to your North.

"No need," Freya replied dryly, holding the gaze of her sister's blue eyes. - I expressed my loyalty to you.

-I appreciate it- answered Ravenna- But this is the beginning of the war. The final one, which will be followed by the formation of a new order and a world devoid of defects which I will eradicate. A world where our race will rule forever.

-You sound like ...

-Mother? -Ravenna informed her- Yes. She died for proclaiming the truth about the superiority of wizards over humans. About rising against the indulgence of kings.

-You go on, Ravenna, Freya said. What next, when you conquer this world? I know this will happen. You have shown the power of your army which is countless and growing every day. Are you not afraid of getting satisfied?

Ravenna hugged her. Both sisters stood over the cliff, their dresses and diadems on their heads huddled together. Ravenna brought her mouth close to Freya's ear.

-You don't even know how many worlds exist next to us. How many places to conquer, planets, galaxies. My goal is to get it all, and I have two strengths in my hands. You've met one. It is Snow White. The girl has an amazing magic.

"That's right," confirmed Freya. The Formed she will become a powerful sorceress.

- Oh yes. The mirror told me that it could become a valuable asset just like her brother, whom I adopted and treats as my own. Only you know about it, because I cut off all rumors about the true identity of Magnus's son.

Freya quickly realized the truth about her alleged love for these children.

-They are your currency.

Ravenna froze her eyes

-Maybe at the beginning. However, I am not a monster. Shall I keep them captive? Or kill? No. I need to get rid of the oldest of Magnus's litter, Filip. The mirror said it would lay the foundations for an effective resistance movement. And Aegon well. It is extremely sensitive to the Force.

Freya nodded

-It's wise. Keep them alive. Anyway, the girl is somehow staring at you like in the picture - said the ice queen.

Ravenna greeted it with a wry smile.

-We have a lot of work to do, sister. Together we will conquer the world and give it a new direction. We will finish our mother's work. But I would like to know- here Ravenna paused and stroked the necklace around her neck and the scepter with the Mind Stone- what prompted you to come?

Freya walked over to Ravenna and looked at her with a smile.

- People have forgotten what it means to be afraid. It's time to remind them of that. Our time has come. Time of the gods.

She kneeled gracefully in front of her sister and Ravenna quickly picked her up and kissed her platinum hair.

"Those children ..." Freya began. Ravenna stiffened -They are supposed to fill the void after your mistake?

,,Mistake"

So they spoke of the child Ravenna bore and gave birth to after an affair with one of the kings of the conquered kingdoms. His name was erased from the memory of the evil queen. However, not one day did she regret the decision to abandon her only firstborn child.

"I didn't find him," Ravenna whispered. He disappeared from the radars of my spies. He's almost grown up. Certainly a bit older than Snow White. But I will find him. I have to.

Freya nodded. She knew about Ravenna's feelings for that child and about her decision that had cost her a lot. She did not want to cause her further trouble by telling her that Snow White knew about her secret

-Freya. You have to do something for me.

"Yes?" Freya replied, already knowing the outline of his sister's request.

-Finn invades Egypt, the former Pharaoh realm. Has problems. Snow has never been seen in that area.

Freya put her hands up and focused the power.

Hundreds of kilometers from Paris, snow began to fall on the Egyptian capital. The surprised inhabitants were more frightened by the snow and icy winds than by the army of orcs or glass knights. After a few hours, they surrendered the state, and a flag with a crowned raven was stuck on the top of one of the pyramids now covered with ice. Finn became the provisional steward of the country until the arrival of his beloved sister. He was so full of admiration for Freya's power that a pennant with an owl hung next to the flag with a raven.


They trusted the wrong people. They lost everything they had been building in the last few months.

Eric lay leaning against a tree trunk, clutching his ax tightly and listening as his successive comrades were slaughtered like pigs at a slaughter. They got information from a man about the journey of Queen's brother Finn, who was to return from an expedition to a far country, where he was on a mission for her. Despite objections, they decided to attack Evanlyn in the place where, according to the informant, Finn was supposed to appear.

The coup was supposed to be precise and, if successful, it could weaken the power structures in the eyes of the subjects in Tabor. But everything turned out to be false.

They fell into an ambush. They were attacked from several sides. They scattered. Eric had been separated from Evanlyn and now lay under an oak trunk, listening to his resistance die by the minute. Like the spark which he kindled with his beloved goes out. At last he heard her scream -No, please A thud that the woman was knocked down by a stronger individual. They weren't glass knights, they were mercenaries.

"Please," Evanlyn groaned. "Eric please !"

The man gasped softly. He should be with her, and he lies hidden like a coward. -

Oh, Eric- someone else's voice laughed- Come on save your whore.

Eric gently leaned out from behind the stump and saw that the mercenary was standing over Evanlyn lying on the ground, she was sobbing, begging for mercy.

-Look, Eric. I'm about to finish with your little beauty

-Eric! Please save!

Fear paralyzed the huntsmen to the point that he did not even flinch. He was weak and was unable to save his beloved.

-This is how the queen's enemies end up.

After a moment, Eric heard the click of a crossbow being reloaded, and the bolt hit Evanlyn right in the heart. Her shirt quickly covered with blood, and she stared blankly at the sky above her.

- We know that you are there - sneered one of the torturers - We could still look for you. You would probably kill one of us, and then, the wounded himself himself died in some ditch. But I think the worse punishment for you will be to know that you did not save your wife. Live your life, Eric. The Queen and we forgive you. But never again oppose our lady's authority.

Laughing on their lips, they left the clearing.

Eric waited a few more minutes and stepped out of hiding. There was only one thought in his head: ashamed of himself. He, the great huntsman, once considered the best of all Queen Freya's army, now hid in the bushes, unwilling to answer for his actions. Evanlyn's body was slowly turning cold. Her blue eyes lost their brilliance. Eric closed it and began to cry softly, hugging the body as if he wanted to extend his wife's life for one second. After a moment he roared in helplessness, his scream echoing along the edge of the forest where the slaughter of the Resistance broke out.


Ravenna concluded the conference with Admiral Morgan, Finn, and the rest of her commanders or vassals.

In the center of her work room stood a large world map, now clad in red pawns to symbolize her troops. The Queen sorted them in her hands, feeling that there was less and less free space left in the world to conquer. But they were necessary.

The army from Egypt launched an assault on the rest of African countries. The heat and harsh conditions allowed the glass knights who ignored them and pushed through the jungle or savannah, often burning their way to their destination. After France, the rest of the region quickly surrendered, not wanting to end up like their predecessor, now consumed by the remnants of the military campaign. The crowned crow armies grew thanks to volunteers and are now blocking commercial transport with Britain, cutting it off from supplies from the west. The second part moved towards Prussia to challenge the local emperor.

Ravenna smugly tapped her claw-shaped raven ring, knowing it was only a matter of months before two continents would fall into her hands. The mystery was the East, but its spies had already infiltrated Japan or the Chinese state. She was in no hurry because what for?

She looked at the mirror set on the south wall of her room.

- Mirror, mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all?

-You are the fairest, my queen. Your army is conquering territory quickly, and new kingdoms will soon glorify your name. There seems to be no end to your power and beauty.

"What about Prince Philip?" Asked Ravenna.

-The boy has no chance against you. His resistance is still in its infancy, and he finds it harder and harder to escape your influence.

-Tell me what about the local resistance? The reconnaissance said they had dealt with the rebels.

-It is true, replied the mirror, they pose a threat now.

-And Snow White? Aegon?

"Their powers grow with each passing day and will soon become great warriors for your cause. The princess comes to your chamber, as previously requested."

In fact, after a while, two guards led the 11-year-old into the queen's chamber. Ravenna flipped the ring out and Snow White kissed it, then the queen embraced her in a motherly embrace.

-I want to tell you, my dear, that you fulfilled the task perfectly. You persuaded Freya so that the war would be faster and perhaps several million lives would be spared.

-Thank you, mother.

-How are your powers? Do you feel they are growing? I saw what you did with this sorcerer outside the walls of Paris ..

-I was desperate. I wanted to save these two huntsman."- Snow White specifically made no mention of an emotional reaction to Tull and Sarah.

"Besides, Lord Vorgath saved me from death because I weakened."

Ravenna looked at her and smiled gently. She kissed her cheek and led her hand to the table with the world map.

-For not a long time, you will be doing such duels in seconds. Check this out, Snow White. This is the scene where we are actors. The pieces are scattered and now we must skillfully run this game. Do you remember what is the goal?

"Everything," the girl replied, and Ravenna was pleased to see how much influence she had gained over her.

Her little dog.

But she didn't know one thing. About the fact that Snow White knows a secret from her past.


Force enveloped both of them.

Theodrill knew it, sitting quietly on the grass under a great oak tree in the wilderness. He had traveled many kilometers to escape Ravenna's clutches and finally found himself where no human foot had ever gone. Maodi's forests were full of wild game, but the Force surrounded the wizard so that he would be safe and could make contact with an old friend.

-You hear me, Rheus?

A thought struck the knight's head, surprising him. He was still learning the Force, despite almost a year of training, he was still surprised by such sudden contacts from Theodrill.

"Yes," he replied. He focused on himself and felt him sink into the Force and almost see the wizard next to him, despite the hundreds of kilometers between Exolos and Maodi and the Amber Plateau.

"Did you get to the boy?" Asked the old man.

-Yes. I still don't know why it's so important.

-The future will bring it. I've been searching for Ravenna's weakness for almost two years and finally found a flaw in her story. A child may have divine powers after the mother and the entire family. Here at Maodi, Ravenna's cousin Saonis, goddess of the woods, is extremely strong. She, too, is terrified of the rise of Ravenna's power.

"Good to know you're fraternizing with the wraiths, Theodrill." But I see sand every day, more sand and wait ... sand. Besides, nothing new.

"I know this is hard," said Theodrill, feeling the Force connection weaken, "but Aegon, son of Ravenna or now, or rather now, Robert has abilities that might suggest that he will inherit his family's ancestral powers in the future. He was an orphan all his life due to the queen's mistake, and now it could cost her dearly.

"Good. I'll train him to be a knight." I said so in the orphanage, but I don't know if Exelos is a good place for a 15-year-old, Rheus replied.

-Enough. How about Sir Starkiller's son?

Rheus sighed at the memory of his former apprentice.

-Safe.

-That's good. We have a chance, Rheus. We have to take advantage of it. I'll be in touch soon.

At this the connection of the Force was severed. Theodrill fell to the grass, breathing hard. After a while he heard gentle steps. A beautiful woman with blonde hair with a wreath of forest flowers in her hair emerged from the trees. He had blue eyes and anyone stupid would know that she was not of this world, for a certain divinity was emanating from her.

"Madame Saonis," Theodrill whispered.

The woman approached the wizard and, with the touch of her hand, gave him some strength.

"Has the knight found the boy?" She asked softly.

-Yes. He has it under his protection.

Saonis looked up and whispered softly

-So there's still a chance to keep my cousin from destroying everything that's good.

At the same time, Rheus returned to his little hut in the middle of the desert. The cabin was in complete desolation, and whoever approached could expect a clash with the former first blade of Tabor. Robert sharpened his first training sword, and steel-blue eyes looked at Rheus from beneath the blond curls he had inherited from his mother.

"Something happened, sir?", He asked Rheus looked at him and did indeed see a descendant of Ravenna. The resemblance was striking, but he nodded.

"Outside in three minutes," the knight commanded. As the young man eagerly began to prepare for training, Rheus forcefully summoned his own sword


A figure in an airy dress walked in bare feet on the desert sands of Egypt slowly approaching the pieramid of Pharaoh Cheops. The heat was a nuisance even for her, but the thought of what Thomasin had found and the rest of her followers filled Ravenna with excitement.

She went up the steps to the pyramid, where one of the Ravenclaws was waiting for her. The masked man bowed and led the queen to the hall where they found the artifact.

A group of 12 masked sorcerers gathered around the Cube emitting a strange light, the cube that Thomasin was holding.

"My lady," she said, her voice full of praise, "you are the only one worthy to wear not one but two infinity stones." The cube is at your disposal.

She knelt in front of Ravenna and handed her the artifact solemnly. The Queen unbuttoned the scarf covering her face from the sand and picked up the Cube.

"My friends," she said, "thanks to this item, we will gain power over space." We will be able to conquer this world faster, but also many others. We will learn about other galaxies and dimensions and use this to get what we want.

Ravenna tucked the cube behind her coat's puffer, and walked outside with her henchmen. The sunset spread over her new kingdom. Flags bearing her coat of arms hung on each of the pyramids, and the streets of the cities were full of her army.

-Four artifacts have been found. Look for them because they can be anywhere. I will explore the secrets of the Cube and it will bring us closer to the final victory.

The masked wizards bowed and walked away. Only Thomasin and Ravenna remained.

"I have a wish, my dear," said the queen, "tomorrow morning, let the local people begin to build the largest pyramid that Egypt has ever seen to glorify its new queen.

Thomasin bowed and walked away. Ravenna, on the other hand, breathed deeply and began to contemplate the day ending on the Nile.

THE END OF BOOK SECOND

I can see that the response of this part has been very positive. It has had many views for which I thank you very much. I have a few ideas about the fate of these heroes before the sequence of events known from the movies begins. Feel free to write your ideas for a sequel. Thanks again and see you later